Bellyful
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| Directed by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Produced by | Jean-Pierre Saire, Yves Pasquier |
| Written by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Music by | Melvin Van Peebles |
| Cinematography | Philippe Pavans de Ceccatty |
| Editing by | Catherine D'Hoir |
| Distributed by | Euripide Distribution |
| Release date(s) | June 28, 2000 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Country | France |
| Language | French English |
| Preceded by | Identity Crisis |
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Le Conte du ventre plein (international English title: Bellyful) is a 2000 film written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles.
[edit] Plot summary
A closed-minded conservative couple masquerade as liberal do-gooders in late 60's France. With orders piling up at their bistro, The Full Belly, Loretta and Henri, self-described "pillars of the community," hire Diamantine as a waitress in order to give a poor black orphan a break. At home, they tell their trusting, new live-in employee that she's "one of the family," yet in town they encourage widespread disapproval of her. When they convince her to carry an extended joke to full term - pretending she's pregnant - Diamantine, and a slightly shady friend of the couple, Jan, become entangled in an elaborate charade.
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Films: The Story of a Three-Day Pass •Watermelon Man •Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song •Don't Play Us Cheap •Bellyful
Shorts: Pickup Men for Herrick •Sunlight •Cinq cent balles •Vroom Vroom Vroooom
With Mario Van Peebles: Identity Crisis •Panther •Gang in Blue
